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a housemate in an identical-sized room has been paying £140 per month less than you for the past 2 years. Intensified by the fact that they moved their boyfriend in without so much as a mention a year ago so essentially should have been paying MORE rather than less rent.

1. Storm straight up to them and ask them 'what up homes?!' and make a totally futile demand to write a check for the near £3,000 over the odds shelled out thus far.

2. Realise that you accept the terms of the rent as they are presented and so, despite being ethically whiffy and showing a certain weasally side to their character, technically it's fair do's and take it on the chin.

She was living there 6 months before I moved in, I moved in, then her boyfriend moved in afterwards. We all pay our rent to the letting agency so never see the total amount.

My first reaction was BLIND RAGE, and then I realised that I never had a problem with the rent before I found out, so I've chillaxed a bit now. Will be harder to take their whinnying about being short of cash seriously next time they're late paying us for the council tax though....

as he seems to be paying a ridiculous amount of rent. also, he pays it to his flatmate, who then pays the rent for the both of them. ALSO she's really shit at paying the rent. a whole bunch of other reasons too, blah blah blah. but yeah, you can't exactly march up to her and be like "so, are you taking me for a fool?" can you? argh. nightmare.